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• If we practice mindfulness, we always have a place to be when we are afraid.

  Nhat Hanh

  Practice, Ifs

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• Mindfulness of the body leads to nirvana.

  Gautama Buddha

  Body

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• Meditation is, first of all, a tool for surveying our territory so we can know what is going on. With the energy of mindfulness, we can calm things down, understand them, and bring harmony back to the conflicting elements inside us.

  Nhat Hanh

  Meditation, Energy, Tools

  Thich Nhat Hanh (2007). “Living Buddha, Living Christ 10th Anniversary Edition”, p.19, Penguin

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• Between stimulus and response there is a space. In that space is our power to choose our response. In our response lies our growth and our freedom.

  Viktor E. Frankl

  Happiness, Peace, Freedom

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• To pay attention, this is our endless and proper work.

  Mary Oliver

  Work, Positivity, Attention

  Mary Oliver (2006). “Owls and Other Fantasies: Poems and Essays”, p.35, Beacon Press

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• Few of us ever live in the present. We are forever anticipating what is to come or remembering what has gone.

  Louis L'Amour

  Forever, Live In The Moment, Gone

  Louis L'Amour (2017). “Bendigo Shafter (Louis L'Amour's Lost Treasures): A Novel”, p.330, Bantam

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• Paradoxically, we achieve true wholeness only by embracing our fragility and sometimes, our brokenness.

  Jalaja Bonheim

  Fragility, Sometimes, Achieve

  Jalaja Bonheim (1997). “Aphrodite's Daughters: Women's Sexual Stories and the Journey of the Soul”, p.228, Simon and Schuster

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• Do not ruin today with mourning tomorrow.

  Catherynne M. Valente

  Mourning, Today, Ruins

  Catherynne M. Valente (2014). “The Fairyland Series”, p.273, Macmillan

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• Rejoice in the things that are present; all else is beyond thee.

  Michel de Montaigne

  Live In The Moment, Past Present Future, Live In The Present

  Attributed to "Essais" by Michel de Montaigne, 1595.

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• When we are mindful, deeply in touch with the present moment, our understanding of what is going on deepens, and we begin to be filled with acceptance, joy, peace and love.

  Nhat Hanh

  Buddhism, Acceptance, Deep Love

  Thich Nhat Hanh (2011). “The Long Road Turns to Joy: A Guide to Walking Meditation”, p.4, Parallax Press

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• Restore your attention or bring it to a new level by dramatically slowing down whatever you're doing.

  Sharon Salzberg

  Meditation, Attention, Levels

  FaceBook post by Sharon Salzberg from Aug 06, 2014

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• In the end, just three things matter: How well we have lived How well we have loved How well we have learned to let go

  Jack Kornfield

  Letting Go, Cheer Up, Three

  Twitter post from Feb 03, 2015

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• The most fundamental aggression to ourselves, the most fundamental harm we can do to ourselves, is to remain ignorant by not having the courage and the respect to look at ourselves honestly and gently.

  Pema Chodron

  Buddhist, Walking Meditation, Ignorant

  Pema Chodron (2003). “Comfortable with Uncertainty: 108 Teachings on Cultivating Fearlessness and Compassion”, p.29, Shambhala Publications

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• I vow to live fully in each moment.

  Nhat Hanh

  Good Morning, Good Day, Morning Inspirational

  Thich Nhat Hanh (2008). “Present Moment Wonderful Moment: Mindfulness Verses for Daily Living: Easyread Large Bold Edition”, p.4, ReadHowYouWant.com

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• If it isn't good, let it die. If it doesn't die, make it good.

  Ajahn Chah

  Inspiring, Dharma, Dies

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• All Profound things, and emotions of things are preceded and attended by Silence... Silence is the general consecration of the universe. Silence is the invisible laying on of the Divine Pontiff's hands upon the world. Silence is at once the most harmless and the most awful thing in all nature. It speaks of the Reserved Forces of Fate. Silence is the only Voice of our God.

  Herman Melville

  Fate, Hands, Voice

  "Pierre: or, The Ambiguities" by Herman Melville, (Bk. XIV, ch. 1), 1852.

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• Mindfulness means paying attention in a particular way: on purpose, in the present moment, and non-judgmentally.

  Jon Kabat-Zinn

  Mean, Attention, Purpose

  Jon Kabat-Zinn (2005). “Wherever You Go, There You Are: Mindfulness Meditation in Everyday Life”, Hyperion

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• Mindfulness meditation is the embrace of any and all mind states in awareness, without preferring one to another.

  Jon Kabat-Zinn

  Meditation, Mind, Awareness

  Jon Kabat-Zinn (2005). “Coming to Our Senses: Healing Ourselves and the World Through Mindfulness”, p.74, Hachette UK

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• If you know something hurtful and not true, don't say it. If you know something hurtful and true, don't say it. If you know something helpful but not true, don't say it. If you know something helpful and true, find the right time to say it.

  Gautama Buddha

  Hurtful, Helpful, Right Time

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• This is bravery: using the challenge of daily life to sharpen our mind and open our heart.

  Sakyong Mipham

  Inspirational, Spiritual, Courage

  Sakyong Mipham (2013). “The Shambhala Principle: Discovering Humanity's Hidden Treasure”, p.62, Harmony

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• There is something in every one of you that waits and listens for the sound of the genuine in yourself. It is the only true guide you will ever have. And if you cannot hear it, you will all of your life spend your days on the ends of strings that somebody else pulls.

  Howard Thurman

  Inspirational, Life, Waiting

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• You must live in the present, launch yourself on every wave, find your eternity in each moment.

  Henry David Thoreau

  Happiness, Success, Hope

  Henry David Thoreau, Jeffrey S. Cramer (2007). “I to Myself: An Annotated Selection from the Journal of Henry D. Thoreau”, p.395, Yale University Press

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• Mindfulness is the aware, balanced acceptance of present experience. It isn't more complicated than that.

  Sylvia Boorstein

  Acceptance, Complicated, Clinging

  Sylvia Boorstein (1995). “It's easier than you think: the Buddhist way to happiness”, HarperOne

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• People are at their most mindful when they are at play. If we find ways of enjoying our work blurring the lines between work and play the gains will be greater.

  Ellen Langer

  Humor, Play, People

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• Mindfulness means being awake. It means knowing what you are doing.

  Jon Kabat-Zinn

  Mean, Knowing, Awake

  Jon Kabat-Zinn (2005). “Wherever You Go, There You Are: Mindfulness Meditation in Everyday Life”, Hyperion

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